CDL Staff Instructor

Title: CDL Staff Instructor

Salary Range: $50,000-$53,000

Contract Term Length: 12 Months

Standard Hours: 37.5, day and/or evening hours

Work Location: On-Site

FLSA Status: Exempt

College: Gateway Community & Technical College, Fort Wright

Department: Workforce Solutions

Total Rewards

Gateway Community & Technical College offers a competitive benefits package and an attractive work environment that supports excellence, innovation, and creativity including:

• Exceptional health care, vision, and dental coverage for you and your family
• Tuition reimbursement/waiver for you, your spouse, and dependents
• 403(b) retirement plan: a 5% employee contribution receives a 10% employer match
• Vacation/Sick Time
• Work-Life Balance
• 9.5 Paid Holidays
• 2 Weeks of Institutional Closing Pay (Last 2 weeks of December) for qualifying positions
• Employee Assistance Program

Job Summary

The CDL Instructor, Workforce Solutions position is a full-time, twelve-month instructor position for a Commercial Driver’s License (CDL) program. This accelerated training program offers high-demand, industry credentials to adult students. The candidate must be able to follow a focused instructional timeline providing student learning through the delivery of course instruction in CDL training (instruction) that prepares them for the fast-paced work of the trucking and logistics industry.

Job Duties:

• Facilitate delivery of CDL training to students from a variety of backgrounds and monitor all student skill activities/progress.
  
• Accompany students to the Kentucky State Police testing facility, assist with test scheduling, and prepare students for successful completion of the Class A CDL driving test.
  
• Comply with all federal and state DOT requirements and ensure program standards continually meet the Federal Training Provider Registry Requirements.
  
• Work daily with the team to organize classroom, range, and on-the-road student training activities, being mindful of student-to-instructor ratios and individual student learning styles.
  
• Evaluate and assess student completion and learning outcomes.
  
• Collaborate with the Workforce Solutions support team for student success coaching and tracking as needed.
  
• Work with the Workforce Director of Operations to ensure vehicles and trailers are maintained and repairs are made as needed.
  
• Maintain and keep inventory of CDL equipment and supplies.
  
• Participate in student and employer recruitment events and student retention activities.
  
• Participate in team planning meetings.
  
• Other duties as assigned
• We offer day and evening classes, and this position may require evening shifts based on scheduling needs.
  
  

Minimum Qualifications:

• 4 - 6 years of relevant experience
  
• 2 years over-the-road CDL driving experience or other related technical experience
  
• Must be able to work independently and as a team.
  
• Commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion.
  
• Excellent organizational skills; high attention to detail; independent; self-motivated; able to work in a fast-paced, changing environment.
  
• Excellent interpersonal skills; ability to communicate with many individuals at all levels throughout the internal college environment and external business and community partners, representing himself/herself professionally and courteously.
  
• Commitment to all safety requirements and compliance in implementation in the classroom, range, and road.
  
• Ability to communicate clearly verbally and in writing.
  
• Ability to multi-task, work under deadlines, and prioritize projects to meet deadlines with high levels of efficiency and accuracy.
  
• Must have basic computer skills and be able to perform tasks in Microsoft Office (Excel, Forms, Outlook, Teams, SharePoint, and Word). 

Preferred Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent
  
• 6 - 8 years of relevant experience
  
• 5 years of CDL driving experience or other related technical experience 
• CDL Driving instructor experience and/or trainee road supervision
  
• Proficient in Electronic Logging Devices (ELD)
  
• Experience in and understanding of working with students from diverse populations is preferred.
  
• Experience working at the community college level is preferred.